My adventures in life and running!

How I Got Here

This isn’t going to be just running, it’s my life, it’s how it runs -smoothly or not!

If you’ve known me long, you know I wasn’t always a runner. It’s been 10 months and I’ve never looked back. Here’s my journey, it’s not perfect but it’s me.

At age 34, I was 40 or so pounds overweight and I’m not quite sure why but I finally decided that was enough. I had high cholesterol and my liver levels were not in the normal range. Who knew being over weight could affect your liver? Well, it can. I did get my liver levels in the normal range, still need to get that Cholesterol checked again!

I started walking June 2011 and I walked 4 miles 6 days a week all summer and into September. One day I thought I’d try to run, I made it 1/2 mile and I thought my lungs were going to explode! I kept trying and I would run 1/2 mile, walk 1/2 mile and so on. A friend talked me into signing up for a 5k on Thanksgiving Day that year, so now it’s getting serious. I did that 5k and I was hooked!

I decided to sign up for the Cowtown 10k which was February 25, 2012 and my training began. I didn’t follow any specific training schedule, I just ran, each time increasing my mileage just a little bit. By the time February hit I was at 7 miles and I had lost 42 pounds. More on the races to come later. Hope you enjoy reading this!

Here’s the Sachse High School Turkey Trot photo, Thanksgiving Day 2011.

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[...] I walked 5-6 days per week, 4 miles at least with a friend. We walked all summer that year. When the time changed, it was harder for us to walk during the week so I started trying to run. More on that here. [...]